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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Server Installation and Setup
- Contents
- About vCenter Server Installation and Setup
- Introduction to vSphere Installation and Setup
- Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance
- File-Based Backup and Restore of vCenter Server
- Image-Based Backup and Restore of a vCenter Server Environment
- After You Deploy the vCenter Server Appliance
- Log In to vCenter Server by Using the vSphere Client
- Install the VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in
- Repoint vCenter Server to Another vCenter Server in a Different Domain
- Repoint a Single vCenter Server Node to an Existing Domain without a Replication Partner
- Repoint a vCenter Server Node to an Existing Domain with a Replication Partner
- Repoint a vCenter Server Node to a New Domain
- Syntax of the Domain Repoint Command
- Understanding Tagging and Authorization Conflicts
- vCenter Server Domain Repoint License Considerations
- Troubleshooting vCenter Server Installation or Deployment
Before you deploy the appliance, synchronize the clocks of the target server and all vCenter
Server instances on the vSphere network. Unsynchronized clocks might result in authentication
problems and can cause the installation to fail or prevent the appliance services from starting. See
Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere Network.
Hardware Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance
When you deploy the vCenter Server appliance, you can select to deploy an appliance that is
suitable for the size of your vSphere environment. The option that you select determines the
number of CPUs and the amount of memory for the appliance.
The hardware requirements for a vCenter Server appliance depend on the size of your vSphere
inventory.
Number of vCPUs Memory
Tiny environment (up to 10 hosts or
100 virtual machines)
2 14 GB
Small environment (up to 100 hosts or
1,000 virtual machines)
4 21 GB
Medium environment (up to 400
hosts or 4,000 virtual machine)
8 30 GB
Large environment (up to 1,000 hosts
or 10,000 virtual machines)
16 39 GB
X-Large environment (up to 2,000
hosts or 35,000 virtual machines)
24 58 GB
Note If you want to add an ESXi host with more than 512 LUNs and 2,048 paths to the vCenter
Server inventory, you must deploy a vCenter Server appliance for a large or x-large environment.
Storage Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance
When you deploy the vCenter Server appliance, the ESXi host or DRS cluster on which you deploy
the appliance must meet minimum storage requirements. The required storage depends not only
on the size of the vSphere environment and the storage size, but also on the disk provisioning
mode.
The storage requirements are different for each vSphere environment size and depend on your
database size requirements.
Default Storage Size
Large Storage Size X-Large Storage Size
Tiny environment (up to
10 hosts or 100 virtual
machines)
579 GB 2019 GB 4279 GB
Small environment (up to
100 hosts or 1,000 virtual
machines)
694 GB 2044 GB 4304 GB
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